Chapter 1061 Final Candidate(1/2)
As his acting skills suddenly improved by half a level, and he was only one-fifth away from reaching the same A+ level as Kim Sung-wu, Menjie's understanding of many aspects of acting has also improved by leaps and bounds.
For now, the integration progress of ‘innate temperament’ and ‘acquired temperament’, which is most important to Menjie, has progressed by leaps and bounds!
Just now, Menjie was able to fuse the B-level innate temperament of 'majesty' with the C-level acquired temperament of 'indifferent'.
But even so, director Li An was full of affirmation of Menjie. Everyone at the scene, including Tony Leung, felt that Menjie's level was very high and he was definitely among the best among many top actors.
But at this moment, with the rapid improvement of his acting skills, Menjie took a step further on the road of temperament fusion!
Previously, after perfectly integrating the B-level temperament with the C-level temperament, Menjie exchanged the B-level 'indifferent' temperament in an attempt to fuse the two B-level temperaments, and spent a lot of points for this!
A calm temperament is quite precious for an actor. Unlike a majestic temperament, an iron-blooded temperament, or a chilling temperament, it is only suitable for roles in certain films. Take Tony Leung as an example. With this
A single temperament brings many characters to life. It can be said that among all the temperaments, the indifferent temperament is definitely the more expensive one.
In terms of price, it also surpasses the most expensive Iron-blooded Temperament owned by Menjie, which is worth 58,000 points, reaching a full 65,000 points!
Coupled with a lot of training redeemed from the Tianwang system some time ago, Menjie's spending these days has reached more than 72,000 points. The original remaining 322,500 points currently only have 250,000 points left.
It is definitely a lot of investment, and it may not be able to be recovered.
However, at this time, the acting skills have improved by leaps and bounds, and the temperament fusion has also risen to a higher level. The majestic temperament of B-level and the indifferent temperament of B-level are perfectly integrated, but it can be regarded as a small profit.
In an instant, Menjie's body exuded a temperament that was very similar to before, but stronger.
Even in terms of indifferent temperament, it has reached a level comparable to Liang Chaowei. Although it is not as powerful as the increase of the pair of 'God-given eyes', but combined with the majestic temperament, it is definitely better!
"With the perfect fusion of the two temperaments, Menjie only needs to improve his acting skills. Once he reaches my level, his achievements will definitely be much higher than what I am now. Among all the top actors in China, he will definitely be the best."
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Feeling the unique temperament exuding from Menjie, Liang Chaowei couldn't help but whisper.
Just now, I just sighed in my heart, but now, I can't help but directly say the words of regret.
Even the director Li An on the side stared wide-eyed and couldn't believe it at all. An actor with such a strong and unique temperament was actually just a young man in his early twenties.
"This young man's future is limitless!"
I sighed in my heart, but Menjie's performance continued, and in a short time, he had completed all his performances.
"Very good, among all the actors under the age of 30 in China. You are definitely the best!"
Seeing that Menjie had completed his performance, even director Li An had to give Menjie a very high evaluation.
"Even among all the ordinary movie stars, no one can be better than you with your special skills. You must be the strongest actor of the new generation of China!"
"Director Li has won the award, but I still have a lot to be desired in terms of acting skills!"
Lowering his head slightly, Menjie also accepted the praise of his invincible temperament.
In the whole of China, there may be people who can fuse the two temperaments with each other, but the only one who can perfectly integrate the two B-level temperaments and can transform into each other with so many temperaments is Men Jie. To put it bluntly, in terms of temperament
, in addition to the three "peak movie kings" with top temperament and ability in China, Menjie is undoubtedly the strongest!
Of course, Menjie still has a lot of shortcomings in his acting skills, which cannot be changed in a short time.
After Menjie's performance was completed, it was Wang Lihong's turn to audition.
Strictly speaking, Wang Lihong also has several works, but they are not very important roles, he is not well-known, and his acting skills are also far behind. He is still considered a newcomer.
From a newcomer's point of view, Wang Lihong's performance was very good. However, with Men Jie in front of him, who was nearly ten years younger than Wang Lihong, Wang Lihong's performance was much worse. At least it did not attract the attention of the director.
Li's interest.
After a while, everyone at the scene had finished their performances, but a look of tangle and struggle flashed across director Li An's eyes.
In his mind, Jin Chengwu and Wang Lihong had obviously been eliminated from the audition for the male lead in the movie "Lust, Caution". The only ones that really troubled him were Men Jie and Liang Chaowei.
One's temperament is more suitable, while the other's temperament is good, but his acting skills are much better than the latter's. Each has its own advantages and disadvantages. For a while, Li An was really at a loss what to do.
"Four of you, in my movie "Lust, Caution", there are some particularly ambiguous plots that even require you to appear naked. I wonder if you have any objections to this aspect?"
He was mumbling about the requirements of the role of "Mr. Yi", but in fact director Li An was trying to find time for himself to think.
"I'm so old and I'm not an idol, so of course there's no problem!"
Liang Chaowei was the first to express his position, and then Wang Lihong and Jin Chengwu, although they felt that they had little hope, they also said honestly.
"If it were in the past, I might have some problems, but when I was filming the movie "300" some time ago, I was already naked on camera. Now I don't have any problem if I do it again!"
Menjie chuckled lightly and said honestly.
Menjie was a little concerned about this issue before, but after the first time, it became much easier the second time.
Then, director Li An asked Men Jie and the other four some innocuous questions. After struggling for a long time, he finally gritted his teeth and made a decision.
"After asking you a few questions, combined with your previous performance, I already have the answer!"
While speaking, director Li An couldn't help but glance at Menjie apologetically, and finally focused on Liang Chaowei.
If it were in the past, when the pressure on director Li An was not great, he might have chosen Menjie in order to pursue a "more emotional" movie, but for him at this time, it was not possible!
In 2001, director Li An won the Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film with the movie "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon", which made him one of the most watched directors in Hollywood. He even directed the American Heroes series.
The movie "The Incredible Hulk". However, the final results were not very good, and his status in Hollywood also plummeted.
But later, after winning the title of 'Oscar for Best Director' with the movie "Brokeback Mountain", Li An definitely turned around again, but the pressure also came.
If he encounters Waterloo after the fire again like before, it will definitely hit him hard. Therefore, even if the next "Lust, Caution" cannot help Li An win the 'Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film' again,
You definitely need to have good results.
Robustness is what Li An wants most at this time. The only person who better meets such a need is Liang Chaowei!
Buzz buzz buzz!
Just when director Li An was about to announce the news, there was a loud vibrating sound in the room, and his words were interrupted, which made director Li An frown slightly.
"Sorry, Director Li, I have a phone number. I'm so sorry!"
Jin Chengwu on the side was startled and hurriedly bowed to director Li An. Seeing that Jin Chengwu's attitude was quite good, Li Gan waved his hand and asked Jin Chengwu to go aside to answer the phone.
However, the atmosphere in the room became slightly weird. After all, at this juncture when the protagonist was about to be announced, another problem had arisen, which would indeed make people suspicious.
After a while, Jin Chengwu came back, bowed slightly to director Li An, and said apologetically, "Director Li, I'm really sorry. I just received a call from Director Wu Yusen, saying that I am about to star.
The movie "Red Cliff" will soon start a six-month training program. If you want to continue to star, you must undergo training, so..."
The investment in the movie "Red Cliff" is definitely much larger than that in the movie "Lust, Caution". It is said to be a total investment of 85 million US dollars, which is even higher than the 65 million US dollars in the movie "300" in which Menjie participated.
The investment is much higher. During the previous promotion, the slogan was "a big-budget movie that surpassed "300" with an investment of 20 million US dollars."
In order to get a small role in the movie "300", many world-class actors participated in months of training, but they may not get the role in the end.
At this time, in order to be able to get a movie called "Red Cliff" with an investment even higher than that of the movie "300", to participate in a period of training and to be guaranteed to get a role, I am afraid no one will refuse.
If he hadn't known that the movie "Red Cliff" was definitely a trip into troubled waters, Menjie might have tried it!
"I'm so sorry, Director Li!"
The actor Jin Chengwu on the side was full of guilt, but Li An waved his hands slightly and said some innocuous words like "It's okay".
In fact, even without these things, Li An had no idea of choosing Jin Chengwu at all, so there was no problem at all.
Buzz buzz buzz!
However, at this time, Liang Chaowei's phone suddenly rang. Liang Chaowei, who originally thought he had a chance to be the leading actor in the movie "Lust, Caution", did not want to answer the phone at this time, which made Li An have a bad impression of him.
After taking a look at the phone, his expression changed involuntarily.
Liang Chaowei also knew the phone number, and he was a very important person, so he obviously couldn't hang up the phone.
"Director Li, I'm sorry, please answer the phone!"
After saying something apologetically to Li An, Liang Chaowei also hurriedly answered the phone.
On the side, Men Jie, Wang Lihong and director Li An clearly noticed that Liang Chaowei's face showed a strong joy at first after he answered the phone. However, after a while, his face changed.
A look of extreme embarrassment and confusion flashed across his face. After a long while, he hung up the phone and came to the director Li An.
"It was a call from the crew of "Red Cliff", telling me that I have been chosen as the leading actor in the movie!"
The number one leading actor?!
After listening to Liang Chaowei's call, Jin Chengwu on the side couldn't help but take a breath of air.
As a relatively powerful actor among ordinary actors, Kim Sung-wu only auditioned for the number two role in the entire "Red Cliff", and he knew very clearly who the contenders for the number one role were.
To put it bluntly, even Tony Leung is definitely very lucky to get the number one leading actor in this movie, and it is definitely a very good opportunity!
The movie with the largest investment in China in recent years is "Red Cliff", and it is directed by the famous director Wu Yusen. It is difficult to think whether it will be popular!
but……
Thinking about it, a strange color flashed across Jin Chengwu's face.
Is it possible that not only he is about to receive training, but also Liang Chaowei...
"After that, the crew asked me to undergo training in the next period of time, so..."
Is Tony Leung also planning to cast for the movie "Lust, Caution"?
Hearing this, Men Jie, Wang Lihong and director Li An were slightly startled. However, unlike director Li An, who had a flash of anger on his face, the faces of Men Jie and Wang Lihong were full of joy.
To be continued...